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lira

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lira, an; m.
Fleshy part of the body without fat or bone, brawn
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  • Lira

    pulpa vel viscum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 73
      • ;
    • Som. 71, 37
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44, 2
      • 1.

  • Lira

    pulpa,

    • Wrt. Voc. 65, 17
      • :
    • 290, 48
      • :
    • ii. 76, 10
      • .

  • Sár þeóh and lira

    the thigh and the fleshy parts are sore,

    • L. M. 2, 51
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 264, 11
      • .

  • Ða liran ðara lendena sáriaþ

    the fleshy parts of the loins get sore,

    • 2, 25
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 216, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
Toleac lið ba and lire broke both joints and flesh, Jul. 59, 10.
Lire the flesh of an animal or rather the increasing substance as it grows bulky, E. D. S. Whitby Glossary. See also Halliw. Dict.
Scot. lire flesh or muscles, as distinguished from the bones.
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Derived forms
ears-, spear-lira
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lira.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21740.

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